There’s so much fun to be had with family travel. But if you are booking hotels online, you’ll want to read these tips first. Sitting in the communal computer room at my college in 1998, I navigated to a travel site, entered a little information and booked my first solo trip — a weekend…

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Hormel Foods, LLC. for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. There was a time when I couldn’t imagine planning meals for the week. I liked the flexibility of planning on the fly, and craved the variety it afforded me. Of course, that led to…

Summer is heating up. Cool down with these 10 fabulous, fantastic ice cream recipes. “It’s gonna be a hot one,” a maintenance worker said this morning. We were standing in my kitchen, while he prepared to install new smoke detectors in my townhouse. “Going to be quite humid too.” I smiled, nodded and made a…

What’s for breakfast? Lately I have been digging into fruit and yogurt parfaits with homemade granola. But my homemade granola isn’t your usual sort. Old fashioned oats. Walnuts. Graham crackers. Raisins. Egg white. Honey. These are the ingredients that come together to make a sweet, crisp granola that’s perfect for topping your favorite yogurt, ice…

As a little girl growing up in Dutchess County, New York, our home was located a short drive from the Hyde Park mansions that give a glimpse into the gilded age. Vanderbilt Mansion, Mills Mansion and Roosevelt Mansion were all spots to visit, picnic, draw and enjoy. And now, more than 20 years later, they…

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Life in Maine

Hearty and satisfying, slightly spicy but comforting too, this recipe for Andouille, Broccoli Rabe and Spinach Fried Rice beats to its own drum unapologetically. And it likes being different. The end of the academic year came suddenly this year, sneaking up on us — or perhaps just me — like Pennywise in a Stephen King…